New British Prime Minister Liz Truss took office and announced the members of her new cabinet on Sept. 6. Truss is known for her tough stance on China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP), and so are some of the new cabinet members. CCP leader Xi Jinping hasn’t sent congratulations to Truss, while the regime and its media are reacting to the new UK government with skepticism.
As a firm critic of the Chinese regime, Truss has called the CCP out multiple times on human rights violations in Hong Kong after she became foreign minister last year.
In early August this year, after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the CCP held large-scale military exercises around Taiwan, which Truss condemned. She summoned the Chinese ambassador to explain the CCP’s actions. “We have seen increasingly aggressive behavior and rhetoric from Beijing in recent months, which threaten peace and stability in the region,” Truss said in a statement….